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UNESCO: 152 monuments destroyed due to the war in Ukraine

Four months after the outbreak of war in Ukraine and more than 150 cultural monuments have been partially or completely destroyed, UNESCO announced today.

“According to the checks made by our experts, 152 cultural monuments have been partially or completely destroyed due to the fighting, including 70 religious sites, 30 historic buildings, 18 cultural centers, 12 museums and 7 libraries.Pointed out the UN service.

Most of the disasters have occurred in three provinces: the Donetskthe Kharkiv and Kyivhe clarified.

“The repeated blows to Ukrainian cultural monuments must stop. “Cultural heritage, in all its forms, should not be a target,” said Ondre Azule, its director general. UNESCO.

In mid-April, Lazar Eloudou Asomo, director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, said about 100 cultural monuments had been damaged or destroyed, including “historical monuments, some of which date from the 11th and 12th centuries, and others of the Soviet era».

“There are also churches, cathedrals with unique objects, theaters like the one in Mariupol, libraries and other buildings with archives, buildings erected at the height of Ukraine’s history,” he added, describing the disasters as dramatic.

Ukraine and Russia, which have signed the 1954 Hague Convention, have an obligation to protect their cultural heritage in the event of an armed conflict, Azule recalled. The seven World Heritage Sites in Ukraine have not been damaged so far, UNESCO said.

Source: News Beast

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